Ariana Grande Reveals Why She Won't Be Touring in 2025: 'Acting Is Feeling Like Home Right Now'

Mar. 15, 2025

Ariana Grande in 2020.Photo:David Crotty/Patrick McMullan via Getty

David Crotty/Patrick McMullan via Getty

Speaking withVarietyin an interview published on Wednesday, Dec. 17, theWickedstar spoke about the possibility of touring in 2025 to promote her albumEternal Sunshine.

“I feel so grateful to the acting, and I think my fans know that music and being on stage will always be a part of my life, but I don’t see it coming anytime soon," Grande, 31, said of going on tour ahead ofWicked 2: For Good’s release in 2025.

“The next few years, hopefully we’ll be exploring different forms of art, and I think acting is feeling like home right now.”

Ariana Grande in 2024.BEN STANSALL/AFP via Getty

BEN STANSALL/AFP via Getty

“I am appreciative for [my fans’] understanding. I’m so grateful for the ways in which we’ve grown together over this whole journey with ‘Wicked.’ But music will always be a part of my life.” Grande portrays Glinda in bothWickedmovies, the first of which premiered in November.

The Golden Globe-nominated actress then quipped: “I’ll perform at my mother’s house.”

Days before,Grande’s record label cleared up rumorsabout her touring in 2025 after Ticketmaster’s website appeared to add events registered to the “Into You” artist.

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Ariana Grande as Glinda in ‘Wicked’.Giles Keyte/Universal Pictures

Giles Keyte/Universal Pictures

“There are no plans for a tour next year, but Ariana remains deeply appreciative of her fans and all their continued love, support and excitement,” Republic Records wrote onX (formerly Twitter).

In July, Grande previously spoke about wanting to go on tour on the podcastShut Up Evan. “I think it would be a really lovely idea to be able to trickle in some shows in between the twoWickedfilms,” she said at the time. “I think there’s a version of that that exists.”

It’s been five years since the"we can’t be friends"singer went on tour. Grande embarked on herSweetener world tour in 2019to promote her 2018 album of the same name along with 2019’sthank u, next.

source: people.com